district in Alphen aan den Rijn
Kerk en Zanen
Kerk en Zanen has 13 neighbourhoods with 17,705 residents in total.
Kerk en Zanen rose as a Vinex district on the west side of Alphen aan den Rijn, thirteen neighbourhoods and just over 17,000 residents around the Archeon archaeology park. The overall comes to 8.4, carried by safety (8.1) and wealth and income (8.0). Amenities land on 7.1. Quiet and nature is the weakest at 3.4, despite all the water. Families score 8.0. A young, child-rich family district of wide streets and water.
no. 3 of the 15 districts of Alphen aan den Rijn
Short answer: Kerk en Zanen scores 8.4 as a district of Alphen aan den Rijn, no. 3 of the 15 districts of Alphen aan den Rijn. Its strongest neighbourhood is Zefierzijde (9.7), the worst Europaplein (3.1). The district has 13 neighbourhoods with 17,705 residents in total.
Key figures for Kerk en Zanen
- residents
- 17,705
- neighbourhoods
- 13
- km² of land
- 4.3
How Kerk en Zanen scores
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The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 367 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
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The figures ⌄Wealth & income
What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
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The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
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Who lives here
The age profile of Kerk en Zanen looks much like that of the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1517%
NL median 14%
- 15–2512%
NL median 11%
- 25–4523%
NL median 22%
- 45–6530%
NL median 28%
- 65+17%
NL median 22%
Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.
Average household size
2.5 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
26% — fewer than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
44% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
7,371 — far more densely populated than average
NL median 2,364
Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade. Average of the neighbourhoods in Kerk en Zanen, weighted by population.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Kerk en Zanen
The same total grade, the same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Kerk en Zanen.
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Neighbourhoods in Kerk en Zanen
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